History
Nakanoshima Station opened on 19 October 2008 as the western terminus of the Keihan Nakanoshima Line. The station lies under Nakanoshima 5-chōme in Kita-ku, Osaka, beside the Osaka International Convention Center, whose name it also carries as a secondary designation. It was built with one island platform serving three tracks at basement level two; the unusual three-track layout reflects the curved approach, which prevented a conventional 1-platform/4-track terminus like Yodoyabashi. The station's walls were the first in a Japanese underground station to use timber, echoing the line's "water and wood" design theme. A connection to the planned Naniwasuji Line is under construction in the existing concourse, with services there expected from spring 2031.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
A cutter head from the shield machine used on the line's final tunnel section between Naniwabashi and Ōebashi is preserved as a monument at the end of the platform.